What Linux do you run?

Jimmeh said:
Using Arch Linux on home pc. Love it.

Run about 25 servers on Ubuntu 6.06 server edition. Great OS with very few snags. Easy to hit 600+ days uptime on boxes that do not get kernel updates.

Would have upgraded the servers to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS server edition but after a few months of testing it proved to be too unreliable for use in a production environment. Heading to Debian Etch soon.
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We use 6.04 on most of our production servers and 8.04 on our Amazon servers. Our Amazon servers are more to do reporting and general admin so we have not seen any issues. The little bit of infrastructure in place is PHP and Postgresql / MySQL based.
 
MyWorld said:
Why are you dual booting Kubuntu and Ubuntu, they can coexist on the same installation.
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Have been runing Gnome stably for years, don't want to mess around running KDE over that. Just wanted to test-drive Kubuntu as a clean install. And I have a spare 80Gb HDD
:)

Running ext4 on Kubuntu, but haven't really seen what the improvement over ext3 is. Not too happy with the number of Jockey errors I've seen either
 
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flarkit said:
Have been runing Gnome stably for years, don't want to mess around running KDE over that. Just wanted to test-drive Kubuntu as a clean install. And I have a spare 80Gb HDD
:)

Running ext4 on Kubuntu, but haven't really seen what the improvement over ext3 is. Not too happy with the number of Jockey errors I've seen either
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The difference between ext3 and ext4 is minute.

The only great advantage ext4 has over ext3 is that it is new and out of the box without performance tweaks you get near full speed/power out of it.

If you add the following to your ext3 fstab then you will get almost exactly the same speed as ext4:
Code: 
ext3    defaults,data=writeback,noatime   0 0

ext3 without the tweak performs almost at 1/2 the pace when it comes to read/re-read, but with write there were almost no boost.

The complete comparison, remeber that this also hugely depends on your hardware setup:
http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/data/720/benchmark.jpeg
 
I have finally made the move to Ubuntu 9.04, after using Windows for years. Tried out Hackintosh, and then Win 7, though now I am more than happy with my Linux. It's going to be staying on my laptop.
 
SlickNick said:
I have finally made the move to Ubuntu 9.04, after using Windows for years. Tried out Hackintosh, and then Win 7, though now I am more than happy with my Linux. It's going to be staying on my laptop.
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Not a bad move. I made the permanent move a few years ago and I've really not looked back. I do miss some of the features, but I can really manage without it. I still have Vista on my pc if I need to go there.... but I very rarely touch it.
 
Different strokes for different folks, Tinuva I fail to see why you waited for compiles and or updates, maybe an excuse? I carry on doing what ever I need to do no need to wait. I am using Gentoo for quite a few years now.


Tinuva said:
I have used almost all the major distros out there.


Then a few years ago I started with Gentoo, stuck to it for a very long time but got really upset when I had to do work but wait for updates and compiles ect. No other distro could get close to it, it was a favourite of mine for a long time.
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Don't want to start a thread for this.


I've got an iMac and want to try out Linux from bootcamp.
Went to the Ubuntu site and that version looks interesting.

Any tips before I try it?
 
I guess PCLinuxOS makes the transition from windows a really easy one.

Having said that, once you are in it and you like a different desktop environment, they have a lot of different flavours. Coming out with KDE, one can also have a live cd with Gnome, LXDE, XFCE, e17 and lately even OpenBox.
There are also mini (basic) versions available for KDE and Gnome.

What I like about it is, that it is a rolling release which does not require a reinstall every 6 months but rolls on and updates on the fly, so you don't sit with any outdated programs.

I also have never found another distribution with a better hardware support.

They have a great and helpful community.

But don't take my word for it - go have a look yourself:

http://www.pclinuxos.com/

regards

longtom
 
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Hey Guys,

I hope someone here can answer a question for me.

I have an HP notebook which I keep in the lounge at home which I purely use for wireless ADSL, browsing & downloading. Lately I have got some funny spyware, my browsers have been stuffing around & I got some dodgy things running in the background.

I got 2 buddies who work in IT & they hate windows with a passion. They use Mac & Linux & they say I should use Linux as there are SO many advantages. Which version of Linux do you guys reckon I go with? Taking into consideration what I use the notebook for, very basic browsing & downloading.

Suggestions & perhaps why?

:)
 
Linux Mint because everything works out of the box,
There is no need to install codecs for movies or music etc...

And the best thing you will find out about Linux is that there is always someone who will help you out if you run in any problems but remember to google search on your problem before making a post in a forum.
Google solves about 95% of all my problems with Linux.
 
Thanks for the suggestions chaps. I will give Mint a try then. Looking forwards to a hassle free PC experience. :D

Debian, Arch, Gentoo, IFS, Redhat & Centos is what my buddies use so that's definitely not for me then... :)

Thanks again guys, I will be sure to play around with it & report back & probably end up thanking you guys again.
 
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D3x said:
Thanks for the suggestions chaps. I will give Mint a try then. Looking forwards to a hassle free PC experience. :D

Debian, Arch, Gentoo, IFS, Redhat & Centos is what my buddies use so that's definitely not for me then... :)

Thanks again guys, I will be sure to play around with it & report back & probably end up thanking you guys again.
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Don't forget about PCLinuxOS. Just have a look at the post above your first one in this thread. It comes with all the goodness without any Ubuntu hassles. Just works.
 
so does SimplyMepis--this one is a Debian derivative and just works. PCLinuxOs is RPM based, and in my experience, has been harder to understand than Debian based Linux. But each to his own.
 
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